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20 years.
1998
Barack Obama has been a member of the United States Congress since January 4, 2005 when he was sworn in as one of the two senators from the state of Illinois.
He served his first term in congress beginning in 1998, and has been re-elected every time since then. In 2012, that means he as served in the House of Representatives for about 14 years.
Congress is two years long and begins on January 3 of each odd-numbered year. A session of Congress is one year long.
congress got screwed in the long run
How long did it take Congress to admit Missouri as a state?
Barack Obama has been a U.S. Senator since Jan. 4, 2005. He served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004.
1 year later
"For too long Congress has been wasteful and unaccountable to the people of this nation."
6 years
not long enuff ! January to august